TREACLE · Contributor · Toronto, Canada
Zach Aureliano.
Zach covers Toronto for TREACLE: gothic metal one night, indie the next, from debut gigs to bands on tour.
By Zach
15 Oct 2026 · Heard
Emei at the Danforth Music Hall 2026: opera masks, a sit-down "Dear Emily" and a song for Nai Nai
The Toronto stop of the Night at the Opera tour opened with masked dancers and ended in chants. In between, Emei asked the whole room to sit down and sang to her late grandmother.
7 Oct 2026 · Heard
Epik High stopped their own show so nobody got left outside
Nine songs into the Toronto stop of their 3.0 tour, Tablo cut the sound and waited for the line. Zach Aureliano walked in to his first Epik High show and walked out a fan.
4 Oct 2026 · Field Notes
From a Brampton tape to W.I.T.C.H. at Lee's Palace: three nights at Second Summer
Toronto's newest festival said it booked bands on how they feel live, not on follower counts. Zach Aureliano picked six sets from three nights in the west end.
23 Sept 2026 · Heard
A borrowed bass and a stack of paper: Emma Harner and preyhound in Toronto
A tour with its European leg cancelled, a bass that ran out of battery halfway through, and a stack of paper where the merch should have been. Toronto, 20 September.
26 Aug 2026 · Heard
Cosmic winks and calm vibes: Juliet Ivy and Deb Never at the Drake Underground
Nobody was filming. A basement full of people who came early for the opener, and a song during which almost nobody reached for a phone.
19 Aug 2026 · Heard
HEADSEND tears up the Drake Underground
Three Australians who learned to play by annoying the neighbours, one broken string, and a Toronto basement that got louder every time they stopped talking.
27 Jul 2026 · Voices
Pledge your allegiance: Allegion's first ever show, at Hard Luck Bar in Toronto
Toronto's newest gothic metal band played their debut at Hard Luck Bar, and instead of a mosh pit they froze the room. Nothing to stream yet, but five influences that tell you plenty.